The New York Times featured this table; I added the links and the fourth column on Motive. It's sort of a stupid list, because it is focused on shooting attacks only -- the Bataclan Paris attack (130 murdered) doesn't make the list because it also involved suicide bomb vests. But it is nicely international and does include a few I had never heard of. |
Fifteen Deadliest Mass Shootings Worldwide
Incident | Victims Killed | Country | Motive |
2011 Norway attacks | 69 | Norway | Neofascist extremism |
1982 South Korea shootings | 58 | South Korea | Anger/resentment |
2016 Orlando nightclub shooting | 49 | United States | Islamic extremism |
2015 Tunisia attack | 38 | Tunisia | Islamic extremism |
1996 Port Arthur massacre | 35 | Australia | Anger/resentment |
1999 Mikenskaya shooting | 34 | Russia | Chechen-Russian Hatred |
2007 Virginia Tech shooting | 32 | United States | Anger/resentment |
1986 Bogotá shooting | 29 | Colombia | Anger/resentment |
1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre | 29 | West Bank | Jewish extremism |
2012 Sandy Hook shooting | 27 | United States | Anger/resentment |
1994 Kampala wedding massacre | 26 | Uganda | Child soldiers with automatic weapons |
1994 Tian Mingjian incident | 23 | China | Anger/resentment |
1991 Luby's shooting | 23 | United States | Anger/resentment |
2000 Jarafa mosque massacre | 22 | Sudan | Islamic extremism |
1984 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre | 21 | United States | Anger/resentment |
Source: Adam Lankford, University of Alabama
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